Organohalogen contamination in passerine birds from three metropolises in China: Geographical variation and its implication for anthropogenic effects on urban environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-123

  Yu, Le Huan ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Liu, Hong Ying ^c   Zeng, Yan Hong ^a,d   Zheng, Xiao Bo ^a,d   Wu, Jiang Ping ^a   Yu, Yun Jiang ^b   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Contamination profile; Organohalogen pollutants; Passerine birds; Urban regions

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONTAMINATION PROFILES; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS; PASSERINE BIRDS; URBAN REGIONS;

BIRDS; CONTAMINATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ORGANOHALOGEN; PASSERINE; POLLUTANT; URBAN REGION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RURAL AREA; SONGBIRD; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HUBEI; WUHAN;

CHINA; CONTAMINATION PROFILE; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS; PASSERINE BIRDS; URBAN REGIONS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CITIES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PASSERIFORMES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84896840600     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.023     Document Type: Article

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